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Stream: learning: questions

Topic: ✔ Formalizing "formal" Torsor sums?


view this post on Zulip Alex Kreitzberg (Sep 13 2025 at 15:18):

[[Heap]] is new terminology for me! I'm pretty sure the free category monad answers my question, thank you.

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view this post on Zulip John Baez (Sep 13 2025 at 16:54):

I added heaps of stuff to that article [[heap]].

view this post on Zulip John Baez (Sep 13 2025 at 16:56):

Heaps are interesting because a heap is like a torsor with enough extra data that it specifies the group its a torsor of.